Method of transmitting power by electric currents.



' PATENTED APR. 24, 1906 W. STANLEY.

METHOD OF TRANSMITTING POWER BY ELECTRIC OURRENTS.

APPLICATION TILED NOY. 10. 1904.

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UhllTllD l/VlLLlAM STANLEY; ill li-ltllli'l llAltlllNG'lON, llASS.-\CHUS l'l"lt5.

METHOD OF TRANSMIT'HNG Hil /EBB! EtEllllllC CURRENTS.

Specification of letters Patent.

katentea April 24., 1906.

Original application filed July 19,1904, Serial lloi 217,171. Divided and this application filed November 10, 1904. Serial No. 232,122.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, WILLiAM STANLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Great Berrington, county of Berkshire, and State of lllossechusetts, have invented rertoin new end useful Improvements in Meth- (lS o'i Transmitting Power by Electric (jurrents, of which the following is it full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a method of transmittin power by electric currents, and porticuler y to o method of trainsnnttin "power hy polyphsse cl'ternzttinx currents illering The object of my invention is to furnish a method. for transmitting power in which cl ternsting currents differing in phsse end in frequency are generated and; utilized. fine or both of these frequency-rliflering slterncting currents are used to develop so-csllerl rotating magnetic fields, acting as herein after described. i

A further object of the invention is the pro duction of a method of developing by sold frequency-differing alternating currents r0- tsting fields upon a motor, rotor, and stator and controlling of their relative directions of rotation with relation to one another.

A further object of the invention is to provide a method of operating alternating-current motors at different or verying speeds.

- A further object of my invention is to provide a. method of changing the relative rots tions of sold fields for permitting the motor to he 0 ercted by either of said currents clone, pro ucing thereby e progressively-increosmg speed in the motor. Some features of my invention may he carried out either by s stems in which the frequencydiffering a terncting currents are both generated by a single main generator or by systems in which one of the frequency-(iiiflering alternating currents is generated in the main generator, while the other is generated in an auxiliary or local generator.

In carrying out my invention preferably make use of a motor which can be operated either as onmduction-motor or as a motor havlug both elements supplied. with alternating currents, In the letter csse the motor has certcincherncteristics of a synchronous motor, especially thet of speed-independent of the iced.

The means for utilizing the alternating currents may be widely varied. In the particularjemlootliment for carrying out the invention illustrated on alto rating-current motor having at rotor and stator is used, both oi the elements or members of the motor being so wound that either element or member may be caused to act inductively upon the other. The conductors on the rotor or stator may either of tliem he short-circuitcil or closed I through suitable resistances or may both be supplied with alternating currents from c);- ternsl mains to produce rotating magnetic fields therein. Suitable means are also provided, and the circuits are so controlleil that the direction of relative rotation of the ro toting magnetic fields mcy be reversed.

lln order to produce the starting of the motor, the electrical conductors on one of the memhers are short-circuitetl and the electrical con doctors ol the other member are supplied with slterntttinq currents, reducing a rotating mo netic held of it pro e'terrnined frequency. ll tne motor is to run at the lowest s eed, the. conductors of one member ore sup ieol with alternating currents, so as to pro use s. ro toting fiel' oi the lowest frequency generated. in the system, and the conductors on the other member of the motor ere short-circuit ed after closing the conductors through suit" able resistances. In the op ore/ans illus' trctecl this may be occomplis ed by shortcircuiting the conductors on the rotor and supplying the conductors of the stator with alternsting currents of live periods per secend, so as to produce therein a rotating me netic fielcl oit' zit-frequency equal to five perioos or second. in the perticulor apparatus illustrated, in which magnetic circuits are used for developing the rotating magnetic field, if efive- 81l0(l rotating lielti 1s produced in the rotor t e rotor will revolve under the condition mentioned three hundred times it minute less the slip. The direction of rototion will he opposite to that ol the rotating field.- ll now one of the elemcntsfor example, the stotor-oe supplied with elter noting currents, so as to develop therein s ro toting magnetic hold of o frequency equal to fifteen periods per second and tending to produce motion in the some direction as that produced. in starting and; if at the some time there is developed in the other element-for example, if the rotor be supplied with alter noting currents so es to produce a rotating magnetic field of five periods per second the direction of rotation of which is'thc some as that of the direction of rotation of the field in the stetor the rotor will revolve at a speed if one of the elements of the n1otor-for --ei ;a mple. the Sitli()1-l$ supplied with alternatmg currents of fifteen periods per second, so as to produce therein a magnetic field of the same periodicity rotating in the same direction as before and if at the same time the conductors on the other elements-for e2;- ani ie, the rotorbe shm't-circuited or closed to suitable resistances, the rotor will revolve in san'ie direction as that of the rotating field and at 'iiei at nine hundred revolutions minute ic'ss the slip.

ii. the stator be supplied with alternating currents so as to pro uce a magnetic field of fifteen'periods persecond rotating in thcsame direction as before and if the rotor be supplied with alternating currents so as to produce therein a rotating magnetic field of five peri-v ods per second revolving in a direction opposite to that of the magnetic field in the: stator, then the rotor will have to move at a speed equal to the sum of the soeeds of rotation of the rotatingm'a netic fiel at twenty perilod s per second or twelve hundred revolutions per minute.

In the same manner if both elements are supplied with alternating currents so as to proeucc rotating fields corresponding to fifteen periods per second the speed oft 1e rotor will be thirty periods per second or eighteen hundred revolutions per minute. i

The following is a description of a system and apparatus tor carrying out my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows diagrannnatically a system in which the frequency-differing alternating currents are generated in a singlcmain generator. F ig. 2 represents a system in which one of the frequeneydiffering alternating currents is generated in a main generator and the other is generated in an auxiliary or local geinirator. Fig. 2" the means for rents. Fig. 2* connections with the stator motor.

supplying lowrequcncv curand rotor of the it with one or both sources of frequcncy-differmg currents m such a way as to produce progressive variations in motor speed. Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the cona frequency equal'to that of the dsthat is to say,

Fig. 3 shows a controller for controlling the speed of the motor by connecting.

shows diagrammatically the v nectcd by mains with shows dia ralnmatically i the connections for the higher rents at that time being supplied by mains of both frequencies. Fig. 7 shows the connections for the next higher speed, thccurrents being supplied from the mains of higher freuency. Fig. 8 shows the connections for t 10 next higher speed, the currents being supplied by mains of both fre uencies.

Referring more psrticuarly to the drawings, in Fig. 1., A represents a two-frequency alternating-current generator of the threephase type, such as described in my co endmg application, Serial No. 194,02", file February 17, 1904,'in which the field is energized by low-frequency three-phasc currents, so as to produce thrce-pl'iase differing magnetic fields. The armature is connected to' the collector-rings B B B and also to a commutator Q, on which bear brushes C C C, separated from each other by one hundred and twenty degrees. From the rings lead mains speed, the cur- M M M, which are connected to motor-terminals T T T, in turn connected to the windings of one of the elements of the motor. From the brushes C C C lead mains m m m, which are connected to the terminals 2! t 25 which are connected to the windings of the other element of the motor. At some intermediate point, such as represented by the line D I), the controller, hereinafter described, is inserted.

In Fig. 2 the main generator A (an ordinary thrce-phase generator) is provided with collecting-rings-b b I), which are connected to the motor in the same manner as the corresponding rings of is an suitable auxiliary or iocal generator of lowequency currents, preferably a generator having its field supplied with threephase currents, preferably of lower frequency than the currents of the main generator, the armature being prow idcd with a commutator upon which bear brushes c 0 producin phase-differing alternating currents of the same frequency as those impressed upon its field in the same mam \er as described in my copending application, Serial No. l80,641,filed N ovcmber 11, 1903.; These brushes are coni the motor in the same manner in which the corresponding brushes of Fig. l are connected, the controller being inserted at a point (Z d intermediate between the motor and the generator.

for energizing the fields of The windings the generators A of Fig. i and A of Fig. 2- are shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2 in which A" represents the armature, a a represent three-phase energizing-windings supplied with three-phase currents of the desired low frequency frointhe generator G, and C C 0" represent the brushes corresponding to either the brushes C C C of Fig. 1 or c c c of Fig. 2.

0 represents the commutator ing to either the commutator Cof Fig. 1 or act corresp 0n 1-.

eiaoes Fig. 2 and on which the brushes C C C bear. The commututorbrushes are, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, connected to terminals near the base of the motor. These, as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2 are stator-terminals. The terminals at the upper part of the motor are, through brushes and slip-rings r r 1 connected with the rotor of the-motor, so that the rotor is energized by the currents of higher frequency.

The controller in Fig. 3 consists of a cylinder provided with a'handle E for operatin the same. Upon the cylinder aremounter six collecting-rings F F, with which the brushes G: G may contact. U on the central portion of the cylinder are p aced two series of contact-plates, those of one series successively actin to make contact with the brushes ll, whil e those of the other series act to successively make contact with the brushes ii. In the development of these contacts shown in Fig. 4 they are numbered 1. to 13. (lontacts 1 5 7 are electrically connected, also 2 a-nd 8, also 3 4 9. The plates 1, '2, and 4 are also each connected with one of the rings F. The plates 11, 12, and 13 are each connected with one of the rings F, as shown in Fig. 4. The connec' tions between the generator-brushes and the motor-circuits will also be clear from Fig. 4. In this figure and in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8, J represents a source of low-frequency threephase currents, such as will be furnished by either the commutator C, Fig. 1, or the commutator c, Fig. 2, of the frequency, for example, of five alternations per second. J represents a generator supplying three-phase Currents of a higher frequency-for example, fifteen alternations per second.correspond ing to either the collectors B B B of Fig. 1 or b b b of, Fig. 2. K K represent the windings of the motor elements, it being immaterial which is regarded as stator and which as rotor. I II. 111 IV represent the four main running positions of the controller. The connections for these four positions are shown in detail in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively.

In the position I the windings K of one member of the motor are shortcircuited by the plate 10, while the windings K of the other member are supplied with low-fro quency currents through the plates 1, 2, and 3, the result being that the connections are shown, in Fig. 5, the motor operating as an induction motor supplied with currents of a, frequency of five periods er second.

In position 11 the wim ings K of the mo tor are supplied through plates 4, 2, and 5 with low-frequency currents, while the windings K of the motor are supplied throu h the 1plates 11, 12, and 13 with currents of a igher equency-namely, fifteen'periods per second. The connections are such, however, that while the currents of high frequency tend to produce rotation in the same directwenty periods.

tion as was formerly produced the currents of low frequency tend to produce rotation in the opposite direction, with the result that a dii'ierential frequency is produced equal to what would result from a synchronous action of a current of ten periods. The circuits are shown in Fig. 6.

in the next position (ill) the plate 6 acts to short circuit the windings K", while the windings K, being connected to the liighfrequcncy mains through plates 11 12' 13, causes the motor to run in the same direction as an induction-motor at an increased speed, due to theaction of the currents from high-irequency mains. The circuits are shown in in the next position (TV) the windings K are connected through the plates 7, 8, and 9 to the low-frequency mains in the same order in which they were originally connected with the plates 1, 2, and 3, while the windings K are connected with the plates l1, l2, and 13, the result beingthat the currents of different frequency both tend to make the motor operate in the same direction, resulting in a further increase in speed equal to The circuits are shown in Fig. 8. r

My invention permits oi various modifications and constitutes an eliicient method of operating motors by alternating currents and, furthermore, a simple method of o erat-, ing alternating currents moved at di ferent speeds. v 4

This application is a division oi'an ap lication filed by me July 19, 1904,-Seria No. 217,171.

What I claim is- 1. The method of transmitting power at varying speeds by alternating currents which consists in iinpres 'ng upon the rotor element of a motor a field due to alternate cur rents of one frequency, and impressing upon the stator element a field due to alternating currents of a different frequency and varying the relative direction of rotation of the impressed fields.

2. The method of transmitting power at varying speeds by alternating currents which consists in supplying one member of a motor with alternate currents of a given frequency and 'gshort-circuiting the windings of the second member and subsequently supplying said second member with currents of difierent frequency and short-circuiting the wind ings of said first-mentioned member, said frequencies being both independent of the rate of rotation of said rotor.

3. The method of transmitting power at varying speeds by alternating currents which consists in supplying one member of a motor with alternate currents of a hen ire uency and short-circuiting the win in s of t 6 second member and subsequentl y su piying c'onrnsts in supplying one member of 1: motor iih alternate currents of a given frequency and sh0rt-circuiting tho windimmof tho sooond member and subsequonti y supplying A mama-vs said sacond member with currents of higher frequency and short-(-iruuiting tin; windings of said firsHnvntimn-d nn nhri and at ii :stiii lntvr tiniv supplying imiiiznmnburn respectivoiy with said fi'vq11mn- \'-diH'ering currents so as to prorlurc it stilt higher speed of tho rotor clement.

"rYIiJiJii-Ui STANLEY. ivitnesscsz H. M. Sm'rn, Licorunn R. t. CLARK. 

